Imperfect competition, subsidies and bailouts: Where is the policy balance
Competition law is not an end in itself and to use it, we need to have a good understanding of how markets work.
Who can help utilise our development budget?
It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.
Bangladesh needs to do better for its elderly
Globally, the older people are called senior citizens and they receive various support and benefits.
Community-based approach needed for environmental management in cities
Urban environmental management challenges are quite serious in Bangladesh due to unplanned urbanisation, and with no national policy to regulate it.
The non-mystery behind Khulna city's declining population
Khulna, the third largest city of Bangladesh, with a current population of approximately 950,000 and land area spanning 40.8 square kilometres, is the only city in the country which has been experiencing a negative population growth over the last two decades.
How do we overcome spatial inequality in Bangladesh?
Geographic inequalities can bring political tensions between local government leaders and national level policymakers and politicians.
How to make roads more durable in Bangladesh
The paved road network in Bangladesh has increased dramatically from 600 km in 1947, to 3,600 km in 1971, to the current figure of 375,000 km.
August 13, 2021
Using technologies is key to speeding up ADP execution
The implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in Bangladesh has been severely affected by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the last 17 months.
August 1, 2021
Rapid urbanisation and a rise in infectious diseases
Income growth leads to increased urbanisation, which due to higher concentration of the population in smaller geographical areas can cause higher rates of infectious diseases.
June 16, 2021
Inclusive growth policies can reduce inequality in Bangladesh
Whether economic growth has an inherent mechanism to reduce both poverty and inequality has been extensively studied in developed and developing countries.
May 8, 2021
How to improve beneficiary targeting in social protection programmes?
It is widely acknowled-ged that Bangladesh has been successful in making impressive gains in poverty reduction in the past years. Nevertheless, at the end of 2019, there were still about 16.5 million people categorised as extreme poor.
April 13, 2021
Dhaka city’s unbridled expansion
Dhaka has been going through an unprecedented level of urban growth during the last five decades. As the capital of newly independent Bangladesh in 1971, Dhaka had a population of only 1.5 million, whereas it currently has an estimated population of 21.7 million.
March 14, 2021
What are our expectations from the newly elected municipality councils?
Elections to the paurashava (municipality) councils are ongoing since December 2020 in phases, and are expected to be concluded by April 2021.
February 14, 2021
How religious norms can support development
It is one thing to explore the connection between religion and development, and another to take it for granted and find out ways in which religion can contribute to economic development, deal with social disorders and promote overall welfare of the people.
January 21, 2021
Factory closure and its indirect impacts on local economy
When a reasonably large factory is closed down, either by the government or by a private entrepreneur, the immediate consequence of it that comes to mind is the loss of jobs.
December 29, 2020
Developing small and medium-sized towns is the answer
I visited more than a dozen small and medium sized towns in Bangladesh during the last two months to get a good understanding about our urbanisation trends.
November 22, 2020
How to bring price stability in the market
A common question is how and by whom are prices fixed in the market? The question arises because every now and then the price of one essential consumer item or the other goes up without our notice.
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